Ghs heavy metals bld (ars,lead,merc) at Orthopaedic Hospital of Wisconsin, LLC

475 W River Woods Pkwy, Glendale, WI · Ascension · · NPI 1669584983

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 8, 2026

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Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

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Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$9.06 with NETWORK HEALTH PLAN vs $30.83 with THE ALLIANCE — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
NETWORK HEALTH PLAN 11_NETWORK HEALTH PLAN - COMMERCIAL/EXCHANGE $9.06
ANTHEM 4_ANTHEM - HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK $9.09
ANTHEM 5_ANTHEM - PATHWAYS $9.81
ANTHEM 2_ANTHEM - BLUE PREFERRED/BLUE PREFERRED PLUS $10.40
ANTHEM 3_ANTHEM - PPO ACESS/BLUE TRADITIONAL $15.65
HUMANA 7_HUMANA - COMMERCIAL WVN $22.28
HUMANA 6_HUMANA - COMMERCIAL HMO/POS/HPN/PPO $24.35
CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN 8_CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH PLAN $30.23
THE ALLIANCE 12_THE ALLIANCE - COMMERCIAL $30.83

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Ghs heavy metals bld (ars,lead,merc) at other Wisconsin hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon $47.17 $15.19 – $71.89
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee not published $15.19 – $71.89
UnityPoint Health - Meriter Hospital Madison not published $13.78 – $32.17
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo not published $17.23 – $63.77
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville not published $17.23 – $51.03
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison Madison not published $17.23 – $52.17
SSM Health Monroe Hospital Monroe not published $22.97 – $40.20
SSM Health Ripon Community Hospital Ripon not published $13.00 – $40.20

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